"Our animal care and veterinary teams recently discovered and confirmed that Gates is, in fact, a GIRL!" San Antonio Zoo said ...

To date, agricultural expansion in sub-Saharan Africa has mainly been driven by small-scale subsistence farmers. Yet since 2005, 22.7 million hectares of land in sub-Saharan Africa has been acquired ...

LYDEKKER, F.R.S., lately directed attention in the columns of NATURE to a specimen of the okapi sent home by Dr ... and apparently belonging to the same animal as the skin, is a pair of small ...

Nature is full of amazing creatures that evolved in fascinating ways. Sometimes, these evolutionary paths lead to physical features that seem downright baffling at first glance. From body parts that ...

Geologists show how ... Social Media Can Help Track Species as Climate Changes Mar. 13, 2025 — Social media can help scientists track animal species as they relocate in response to climate ...

Animals are disappearing at hundreds of times the normal rate, primarily because of shrinking habitats. Their biggest threat: humans. No trace of the wild South China tiger, Panthera tigris ...

Animal experiments are widely used to develop new medicines and to test the safety of other products. Many of these experiments cause pain to the animals involved or reduce their quality of life ...

Some Animals Cooperate With Members of Other Species Feb. 25, 2025 — Some animals are capable of cooperating with members of other species. An interdisciplinary team explores the cognitive ...

Studying the physiology and ecology of whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals through methods ranging from molecular ecology to tracking the movements of individuals and populations using ...

Rational argument about the right and wrong way to treat animals is made more difficult by the deep love that many of us feel for animals. For philosophers it raises fundamental questions about ...